Stories about Woodstock

Woodstock man's bail set at $10,000

PARIS — Bail for a Woodstock man charged with assaulting two people Tuesday was set at $10,000 cash or $100,000 property Wednesday in 11th District Court. Joseph Cox, 26, of 178 Perkins Valley Road, faces charges of aggravated assault, criminal threatening, assault, domestic violence...

Christmas concerts

"Christmas Blessings" concerts by Audience of One, pictured, and friends, to include several local artists, will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Woodstock Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Perkins Valley Road, Bryant Pond, and at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Oxford Seventh-Day Adventist Churc...

Local man arrested after four-hour manhunt in Woodstock

WOODSTOCK — An armed man who police say assaulted a family member and threatened others Tuesday was arrested four hours later when residents called police to say he and his girlfriend were knocking on their door. Joseph Cox, 26, of 178 Perkins Valley Road, was arrested shortly before...

Little Concord Pond cleared of invasive fish

WOODSTOCK — A little pond with a big fish problem is getting a dose of medicine. Little Concord Pond, nestled between Bald and Speckled mountains, is a pristine 26-acre body of water. In August, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife began removing invasive fish. 1

Woodstock selectmen accused of selective enforcement

WOODSTOCK — The owner of a house that was the subject of a “dangerous building” hearing in Woodstock Tuesday accused selectmen of “selective enforcement” of the town’s property maintenance ordinance. And other attendees at the hearing accused town offic...

Bethel, Woodstock students take field trip to study energy sources

WOODSTOCK — Students from Bethel and Woodstock received a hands-on lesson about wind energy Thursday. Fourth-grade classes from Woodstock Elementary School and Crescent Park School in Bethel were invited on a tour of Patriot Renewables LLC's wind turbine facility on Spruce Mountain i... 7

Former selectmen meet and greet

All living former Woodstock selectmen were recently invited to a meet-and-greet with the plan to take a photo for the history books. The town's 200th anniversary will be celebrated in 2015 and the photo will be used during the events. All but four attended. In front from left are current Selectme...

August car crash investigation ongoing

OXFORD — The investigation is continuing into an accident on Route 26 in August that resulted in the death earlier this week of an 8-year-old Bethel boy, Oxford police said Thursday. Jennifer Thurston, 28, of Bethel, and her son Matthew, a student at the Crescent Park Elementary Sc...

PHOTO: Towers are up at Spruce Mountain

Two wind turbines on Spruce Mountain in Woodstock are among 10 scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, Tom Carroll, project coordinator for Patriot Renewables LLC, said. 9